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Tying Off An Internal Hemorrhoid

Delaware rates for HCPCS 46945

An internal hemorrhoid is treated by tying off the tissue with suture material or a similar device to cut off its blood supply, causing it to shrink over time, using a method other than the small rubber bands sometimes used for this purpose. This version treats a single affected area.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tying Off An Internal Hemorrhoid cost?

$1,761

Typical total for the visit. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,761 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$282$224 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$1,000 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $676 to $2,818Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $191 to $389
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $282

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$389.05
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$371.54
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$269.15

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Colorado than in Michigan. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Delaware· 44th of 51

$1,761

$282 physician + $1,479 facility

CO $4,792MI $877

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.